I'm thoroughly convinced that we will not be seeing an F-Zero game this gen on the Wii. I've reached this decision based on two reasons, controls and tech.
F-Zero is just too tech heavy dependent a franchise. You mention the Gamecube version; I'm playing it right now and it's an absolute blast of a game and one of the best looking games of it's Gen, as was the Snes version. But the Wii isn't going to be able to pull off anything exceptional technically. It could match the speed and graphics of the Gamecube version plus some, but it would be only a minor improvement. And on a series that relies on speed and touts it's looks so highly, it would be hard to see a Wii version not coming across as a bit of a disappointment.
The other reason is controls. F-Zero has incredibly precise and hard to master controls. Controls that I'm not sure the Wii wheel is going to be able to pull of to a proper degree. And Nintendo probably isn't going to update one of their major franchises and leave the game only using a traditional controls scheme.
So I think F-Zero is going to sit at least this gen out, as some franchises do. Heck, we're just now getting new Punch out and Sin & Punishment games. But I fully expect to see a kick ass F-Zero one Gen from now.
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Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
